African Business Review discovered that even though the company has always been based in Kenya, Kenwest Cables are able to compete on a global scale. "We are proud to have been around so long. We are passionate about the fact we are an indigenous manufacturer able to compete on an international playground," says Commercial Manager Joseph Kenyua. Having been with the company for five years, Kenyua has spent time on the factory floor and in the office, so therefore has a broad overview of the company which is important when it comes to communicating with staff and ...

In an interview with Business Review Europe, SK EC reveals how it has established itself as the market leader in Singapore and Korea for tunnels and underground structures. SK E&C has a number of initiatives and programmes in place to ensure staff are constantly improving their skills and attributes. The company also has a training institute called SK Academy with the aim of improving leadership and management skills for both on and offline periodically. "We have web-based online continual improvement programmes, which are applied to all staff for different levels ...

Textile manufacturers Spinners and Spinners reach out to the local region in Africa by supporting and financing several community projects. Spinners and Spinners is a completely integrated composite textile mill which includes designing, manufacturing and marketing of blankets made from recycled pulled synthetic fibre and spun yarns as well as woven and knitted textile products made of 100 percent acrylic/polyester or other fibre blends. Perhaps the most important aspect of Spinners and Spinners operation is its corporate social responsibility. As Dodhia explains ...

brandDNAinc, an innovator in delivering best-of-class products via integrated branded e-commerce websites to specialty markets is proud to announce the launch of their latest addition www.petbuddies.co to pet lovers around the world utilizing the new .co instead of the more traditional .com address. And in today's fast-paced world, shorter is better. "Our new website has all of the latest and greatest dog and cat products," says Daniel Meyers, CEO of brandDNAinc, based in Santa Monica, California. "It's full of some of the best information about dog and cat care and ...

Healthcare will generate more jobs than any other industry between 2008 and 2018, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. For the growing field of healthcare professionals and emergency personnel who work directly with children and infants, certification in pediatric emergency protocol will become more important than ever. As the leading provider of online PALS certification, Health Education Solutions today released a new "Pediatric Care" Special Section to provide information, resources and certification options to professionals in this rapidly growing industry. ...

Are you feeling sluggish from this year's brutal winter? Is your mind still partially buried in the mess of those mountains of snow? Are you dreaming of looking gorgeous in a bathing suit and feeling full of energy? According to life coach Millie Grenough, now is the perfect time to sow the seeds for a stress-free spring. Grenough says each of one of us can do something simple that will put a new 'spring' in our steps. She also warns that we should beware of those "Flat abs in 24 hours" pitches. "Don't go for an emergency fix that will fall apart the next time you get ...

Cardiovascular disease is the leading killer of men and women in the United States. It's been a major health issue contributing to over 2,000 deaths each day. Aggravating those statistics is periodontal disease - a chronic inflammatory disease that destroys bone and gum tissues that support the teeth. Periodontal disease affects almost 75 percent of Americans and is a major cause of adult tooth loss. However, managing one disease may reduce the risk for the other. Cardiologists are now examining a patient's mouth, and periodontists may begin asking questions about heart ...

Marking 30 years of business, 2011 is a milestone year for Remkor Technologies, a family-run business established in Johannesburg in 1981. Over the years the company has diversified its broad product range, to include component production, telecommunication manufacturing, appliance development and sheet metal production. In 2011, the telecommunication and sheet metal sectors are driving the company forward and have become its core focus. The company operates from three different plants across South Africa. The first plant deals with the manufacturing side of the business; ...

Estimated to cause three hundred to five hundred clinical cases and nearly one million deaths a year, malaria is a major health problem in much of the Tropics and Sub-Tropics, particularly in South Africa, South East Asia and South America. Malaria is an infectious blood disease caused by a parasite that is transmitted from one human to another by the bite of infected Anopheles mosquitoes and can also be transmitted via blood transfusions and congenitally from a mother to her unborn child. Young children contribute to a bulk of malaria deaths worldwide as they have not ...

Although CSI Construction is a relatively small company, African Business Review discovers its plans and expansion for growth are huge. CSI deals with a variety of civil and concrete engineering projects as well as vertical building construction work. The company has also been able to secure a unique position in the construction industry by being specialists when it comes to fitting banks and high end offices. Managing Director (MD) Mohamed Hussein Versi says that CSI's high quality projects and meticulous operations are what defines the company and separates it ...

The building industry in South Africa faces a difficult year but the sound relationships Robenco Construction has built with key clients will sustain it until investment starts to flow again. Rob Henderson, Managing Director, rejoices every time he reflects that he will never again have to deal with the inflexible procedures of a large corporate construction group in which employees are no more than a cipher. He built his career in such companies, both in Mauritius and South Africa, but in 1998 when the firm that employed him arbitrarily closed the whole company, ...

Although Dansa Foods is a fairly young company, an African Business Review interview reveals an impressive portfolio of products. Dansa Foods is an indigenous Nigerian company and operates within the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industry. Part of the Dangote Group - the largest manufacturing conglomerate in Nigeria - Dansa Foods started commercial production in 2006 with its Tetrapack line. However, Dansa's product line has expanded dramatically since then and now offers consumers a range of fruit juices, carbonated soft drinks , dairy products and bottled water. "We ...

Park West Gallery furthered its national outreach initiative, Park West Gallery CARES, by donating 20 works by various artists to the International School in Bellevue, WA on February 28, 2011. Additionally, Park West artist Noah gave an inspirational lecture to art students at the International School. The International School is a nationally recognized public charter school, ranking among the top ten schools in the United States. It serves middle and high school students in the Bellevue School District in Bellevue, WA. "We run a rigorous program in which students ...

The numbers are, well, depressing: More than 2 million people age 65 and older suffer from depression, including 50 percent of those living in nursing homes. The suicide rate among white men over 85 is the highest in the country — six times the national rate. And we're not getting any younger. In the next 35 years, the number of Americans over 65 will double and the number of those over 85 will triple. So the question becomes, how to help elderly depressed individuals? Researchers at UCLA turned to a gentle, Westernized version of tai chi chih, a 2,000-year-old ...

IC Companys A/S is a Danish listed group formed in 2001 by the merger of Carli Gry International A/S and InWear Group A/S. The company, which registered an annual revenue of DKK 3.5 billion in 2009/10, runs and develops 11 strong and independent brands: Peak Performance, Tiger of Sweden, Jackpot, InWear, Matinique, Saint Tropez, Part Two, Cottonfield, By Malene Birger, Soaked in Luxury and Designers Remix. With the global financial crisis crippling companies worldwide, IC Companys worked hard to cut back costs and weathered the storm by staying profitable throughout ...

For worms, choosing when to search for a new dinner spot depends on many factors, both internal and external: how hungry they are, for example, how much oxygen is in the air, and how many other worms are around. A new study demonstrates this all-important decision is also influenced by the worm's genetic make-up. In the simple Caenorhabditis elegans nematode, the researchers found that natural variations in several genes influence how quickly a worm will leave a lawn of bacteria on which it's feeding. One of the genes, called tyra-3, produces a receptor activated by adrenaline—a ...

Once thought to exclusively inhabit its namesake mountain range, the threatened Andean cat—a house cat-sized feline that resembles a small snow leopard in both appearance and habitat—also frequents the Patagonian steppe at much lower elevations, according to a new study published by the Wildlife Conservation Society and partners. The finding represents a range extension for the Andean cat, which normally occurs at altitudes above 3,000 meters (approximately 9,800 feet). The new survey presents evidence of the cats occurring at elevations as low as 650 meters (approximately ...

Paleontologists agree that it's difficult to observe behavior in fossil specimens that are dead – even extinct – and petrified. One method is to find a modern, living, species that has some similarities to the ancient animal. That's the strategy adopted by David L. Meyer, University of Cincinnati professor of geology and colleagues as they study a group of ancient shellfish known as brachiopods. Although they resemble clams or other shelled mollusks, brachiopods are more closely related to marine worms. Relatively rare today, brachiopods were a dominant species in Paleozoic ...

Home shoppers who want the bigger bedroom count, but not the responsibilities of a big yard, have two great choices at Pardee Homes' Manzanita Trail in Pacific Highlands Ranch. The classic front porch designed Plan 1 and Plan 2 homes each have four bedrooms and very manageable side courtyards that help free the homeowner from yard work. Residents at Manzanita Trail also enjoy all the benefits of living within walking distance to the private Pacific Highlands Ranch Recreation Center. Families like the McSherrys, who have four children, were thrilled to downsize from their ...

Washington, D.C. (March 16, 2011) -- Measuring the mechanical strength of cancer cell mucus layers provides clues about better ways to treat cancer, and also suggests why some cancer cells are more resistant to drugs than others, according to Kai-tak Wan, associate professor of engineering at Northeastern University, Boston, Mass. According to Wan, healthy tissues naturally secrete mucus to protect against infection. Cancer cells, however, produce far more mucus than healthy cells. Mucus consists of protein "stalks" attached to sugar sidechains, or "branches." This ...

(Edmonton) If you have time to quickly swipe your pager or cell phone three times, that would be your best bet to get rid of most of the bacteria. And a simple tissue moistened with saline would do the trick. But if you only have time for a single swipe of a 'dirty' phone – you'd be better off reaching for a disinfectant wipe. Those are the highlights of a recently published research study that appeared online in PubMed, with the discoveries having been made by a team of researchers in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta. "It was the mechanical ...

Few specimens inspire greater thrills among fossil collectors than a complete trilobite. These ancient arthropods – relatives of lobsters, spiders and insects – went extinct more than 250 million years ago, but are sometimes found in beautifully preserved condition. In rare instances, an entire population of trilobites is found fossilized together. Carlton E. Brett finds evidence for ancient environment and behavior in these mass graves. Brett, University of Cincinnati professor of geology, will present his findings March 20 at the Geological Society of America regional ...

A promising new approach for checking the accuracy of measurements of hazardous indoor air pollutants may soon be ready for prime time, report researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Virginia Tech.* The measurement tool, a reference sample for volatile organic compounds (VOCs), would be a boon to testers of indoor air quality and to manufacturers of paints, rugs, cleaners and other building products. The researchers put their innovation—thin squares of plastic saturated with vapors of a common solvent—through the paces at four testing ...

Just as a chain is as strong as its weakest link, a building is as secure against the environment as its most degraded joint sealants, about 50 percent of which fail in less than 10 years after installation. The upshot for U.S. homeowners is that moisture damage due to failed sealants is responsible for much of the $65 billion to $80 billion they collectively shell out for house repairs annually. Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are assembling a toolkit of measurement devices and scientific data that will help manufacturers of ...

A recent study from North Carolina State University shows that while the number of visits to state parks across the country has grown, fund support for park operations has been significantly reduced. The reduction in funding during a time of park growth endangers the more than $20 billion in economic impact that state parks have on the nation's economy. "Obviously the reduction in general-fund support for operations puts stress on America's state-park systems," says Dr. Yu-Fai Leung, NC State associate professor of recreation ecology, park planning and visitor management, ...